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Report: Help On the Way for Small Business Employers and Employees
Thursday, September 2, 2010 - 10:15
A tax credit for small businesses provided by health reform will provide new coverage or stabilize existing coverage for about 3.4 million workers and family members by 2013, a report finds.

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Pawlenty Tries New Tactic to Oppose Health Reform at State Level
Wednesday, September 1, 2010 - 12:33
Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty tries new tactic to oppose health reform at the state level: preventing the pursuit of federal money for implementation unless he approves.

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What Will Happen to High Deductible, Low Premium Trend Under Health Reform?
Monday, August 30, 2010 - 10:00
More businesses are offering high-deductible, low premium plans tied to health savings accounts to keep their health care costs down. What will happen under health reform?

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States Key In Making Sure Insurance Exchanges Accomplish Their Goals
Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - 14:20
States should use the power they have to tweak insurance exchanges to make sure they don't collapse on themselves, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

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HHS In Tough Spot On Medical Loss Ratio Determination
Monday, August 23, 2010 - 18:39
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius may be caught in between the wishes of insurance commissioners and the Democratic lawmakers who wrote the health reform legislation on the implementation of the medical loss ratio.

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High Risk Pool Enrollment Underwhelming So Far -- What's Behind It?
Friday, August 20, 2010 - 12:45
Enrollment in high risk pools, one of the biggest short-term components of health reform, is off to a slow start.

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Administration Officials Try To Boost Confidence In Health Reform
Thursday, August 19, 2010 - 15:48
Top health officials hold Web cast to explain health reform as consumer confidence in health reform dips, according to a survey by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

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Lessons From Massachusetts: Who Is Still Uninsured?
Wednesday, August 18, 2010 - 18:32
A report documents who is still uninsured in Massachusetts, providing those implementing health reform at the national level with a look at the challenges they are likely to encounter.

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Insurers Upset About Outcome of First Round in Medical Loss Ratio Determination
Wednesday, August 18, 2010 - 10:42
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners have approved their first round of recommendations for how the medical loss ratio should be defined. Insurance companies aren't very happy.

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Use of Health Care Down in Bad Economy -- Are There Any Positives?
Tuesday, August 17, 2010 - 12:43
The use of routine medical care and elective procedures was down during the recession, The New York Times reports. What are the takeaways as health reform is implemented?

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